The Russian Banker, Part 3: Asylum

Behind the Money

Topher Forhecz

Markets, Investing, News, Banking, Finance, Business, Business News, Crypto

4.4 • 350 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Critics argue Russia has a playbook for people who become its targets. On the final episode of the Russian Banker, we explore how Sergei Leontiev saw his fights with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a full-blown war in which seeking US asylum would become just another battle. But how does the US decide who deserves asylum?

Note: This episode was updated to clarify that Russia is responsible for forty percent of all publicly disclosed red notices to Interpol. A previous version stated it is responsible for forty percent of all red notices total.

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0:35.0	2015 Sir Giliontiev has just fled Russia after paramilitary troops stormed his bank.
0:43.0	He first lands in London where he lawyers up,
0:46.0	and he quickly learns his problems have followed him there.
0:49.0	He's being pursued by a former client named Alexander Rachavsky, and Varshavsky is on his way to meet him.
0:57.6	You can think of Sergei's post-M Moscow battles as a series of escalating risks.
1:03.0	And Alexander Varshovsky was level one.
1:05.6	Varshovsky is the big client that Sergei argued with the night before he fled.
1:09.7	He owns one of the biggest car dealerships in Moscow. According to Sergei and other people at Pro Business Bank, Vorschafsky seemed to be very connected.
1:20.0	So he's trying to get money back for himself, but also for his contacts.
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